Illinois Stops
Road-trip stops in Illinois
8 featured Illinoisstops — National Parks, iconic roadside attractions, and Steve’s hand-picked favorites.
Illinois (8)
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Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
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Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site
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Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
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New Philadelphia National Historic Site
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Pullman National Historical Park
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Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
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Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago
If Chicago is your starting point, the Museum of Science and Industry is the greatest send-off a road trip can have. A real U-505 submarine you walk through, a coal mine descent, a working model railroad, and the baby chick hatchery where your kids watch chicks break out of eggs. Your family will need to be dragged out. It's on the lakefront in Hyde Park, which means Chicago traffic on both ends, but the museum itself is worth every minute of the merge.